Don’t talk to the cops. Say you want a lawyer and will remain silent. They are not your friend. They have zero interest in “your side” of the story and only wish to gather info to arrest you. Once you’re arrested you are someone else’s problem and they don’t care.
It should be added that, “Once a suspect requests a lawyer, police are generally required to stop questioning until an attorney is present. The Supreme Court case Edwards v. Arizona further strengthened this rule, holding that any attempt by law enforcement to continue questioning without an attorney present violates the suspect’s rights.”
Once you ask for a lawyer questioning is ‘suppose’ to stop. If you’re still alone and they keep prying. That’s only more cause for concern.
Unless of course you’re in Louisiana, in which case the police can keep interrogating you as long as they want. The Louisiana supreme court deserves the death penalty for their blatant violation of Warren Demesme’s constitutional rights
I think if you shoot someone it might be worthwhile to at least give a brief non-incriminating statement to the officers on the scene so that they don’t put you in jail right away. this is the only exception I can think of
No it isn’t. Just say nothing. It’s better to end up in jail right away and have a lawyer than to say something “non-incriminating”, which later turns out to be incriminating anyway, and then end up in jail after all with evidence against you, that you provided yourself.
yea, that’s perfectly fine too. but getting processed takes a really long time. you will be hanging out with guys pacing the room coming down off a coke binge for hours before being allowed to call your lawyer.
Probably the worst time to say anything at all. Pretty sure the standard advice is call an ambulance ASAP and only say “someone has been shot”. They can put you in jail at any time, the hard part has to be keeping you there.
Don’t talk to the cops. Say you want a lawyer and will remain silent. They are not your friend. They have zero interest in “your side” of the story and only wish to gather info to arrest you. Once you’re arrested you are someone else’s problem and they don’t care.
In case you didn’t see it. DONT’T TALK TO COPS.
It should be added that, “Once a suspect requests a lawyer, police are generally required to stop questioning until an attorney is present. The Supreme Court case Edwards v. Arizona further strengthened this rule, holding that any attempt by law enforcement to continue questioning without an attorney present violates the suspect’s rights.”
Once you ask for a lawyer questioning is ‘suppose’ to stop. If you’re still alone and they keep prying. That’s only more cause for concern.
Unless of course you’re in Louisiana, in which case the police can keep interrogating you as long as they want. The Louisiana supreme court deserves the death penalty for their blatant violation of Warren Demesme’s constitutional rights
Your lawyer would be more than happy to learn that they tried.
I think if you shoot someone it might be worthwhile to at least give a brief non-incriminating statement to the officers on the scene so that they don’t put you in jail right away. this is the only exception I can think of
source https://youtu.be/LiHIvBqGvGo
importantly, you’re pointing out witnesses and evidence before they disappear
No it isn’t. Just say nothing. It’s better to end up in jail right away and have a lawyer than to say something “non-incriminating”, which later turns out to be incriminating anyway, and then end up in jail after all with evidence against you, that you provided yourself.
yea, that’s perfectly fine too. but getting processed takes a really long time. you will be hanging out with guys pacing the room coming down off a coke binge for hours before being allowed to call your lawyer.
updated my comment with the source
Probably the worst time to say anything at all. Pretty sure the standard advice is call an ambulance ASAP and only say “someone has been shot”. They can put you in jail at any time, the hard part has to be keeping you there.